Master of Science in Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Description and Outcomes

The Master of Science in Homeland Security and Emergency Management program integrates courses from criminal justice, social science, public policy, leadership, and business into a cross-disciplinary program designed to prepare you to pursue a spectrum of careers in the public and private sectors.

The program offers you the opportunity to study homeland security and emergency management policy and issues from a perspective that explores the interrelationships of public and private sector businesses and industries, economics, policy, politics, culture, ideology, psychology, and human dynamics. The program is designed to equip you with the skills and competencies relevant to leaders in the public and private sectors to meet the needs of the highly demanding, dynamic, and complex fields of homeland security and emergency management.

You will examine how societal institutions, governmental agencies, lawmakers, businesses, and other organizations plan and determine viable and sustainable solutions to local, regional, national, and global issues of security and emergency management. You will have the opportunity to study topics such as: technology, economics and resource availability, regulation and law, ethics, entrepreneurship, the politics of security, the dynamics of emergency management, security and policy making, homeland defense, and interagency cooperation.

The curriculum is designed to be hands on, project oriented, and problem based to provide you with the opportunity to explore the real challenges and issues holistically from a variety of perspectives and propose unique solutions. The goal of the program is to connect theory with practice, collaborate and conduct research with professionals from a broad cross-section of disciplines, and develop collaborative skills to solve real-world problems.

Program Length

The Master of Science in Homeland Security and Emergency Management program consists of a minimum of 55 quarter credit hours. Upon successful completion of the program, you will be awarded a master of science degree.

Program Outcomes

Public Value: Apply knowledge of practice in homeland security and emergency management to make effective decisions that create public value in diverse and dynamic situations.

Ethical Decision Making: Evaluate the social and ethical implications of decisions made to protect people and property.

Research Methods: Critically evaluate current qualitative and quantitative research on current knowledge and developing trends in the profession.

Organizational Behavior and Management: Apply organizational behavior and management theories to day-to-day operations within the profession.

Professional Competencies

In addition to the discipline-specific outcomes, professional competencies are integrated throughout your academic program. You can review the professional competencies associated with your academic program in the graduate School of General Education section of this Catalog.

Program Availability

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Progression Requirements

If you enroll in the Master of Science in Homeland Security and Emergency Management, you may enroll in no more than one course per term without permission from the Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences or the Dean’s designee.

You must follow the below sequence of courses for the first two terms. You may request to test out of CJ526 Academic and Professional Communications in Public Safety by completing the course assessment prior to the first term of study. Refer to the Types of Credit section for additional information.